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armchairhacker 18 hours ago

But “2+2=4”, in the specific formal system that is common arithmetic, is true.

Furthermore, you can translate “2+2=4” to any other formal system (your examples, “2+2=10 (base 4)”, “2+2=1 (mod 3)”, etc.), and it’s still true.

“2+2=4” is a universal truth, just expressible in different ways.